Take a look up and you’ll see a sky of blue usually with some puffy cotton ball looking clouds. But sometimes you will see unusual clouds that are straight out of your nightmares and those clouds will make you wonder if the Apocalypse is happening. Well, we have pictures of those clouds, but we also have some pictures of clouds you would imagine are made by the sky fairies and will bring a smile of wonder to your face. So take a look at some of the most odd, scary and beautiful clouds you may never see in the sky as they are rare, but luckily the Internet and TopTenzPictures.com has you covered.

Polar Stratospheric Clouds

Cirrus Radiatus

Noctilucent Clouds

Shelf Clouds Formations

Mammatus Clouds

Lenticular Clouds

Anvil Clouds

Morning Glory Clouds

Jacques Cousteau Clouds

Kelvin Helmholtz Wave Cloud

]]>http://www.toptenzpictures.com/strange-cloud-formation-pictures-that-you-wont-believe-are-real/feed/0Top 10 Unbelievable Vintage Medicine Adshttp://www.toptenzpictures.com/top-10-unbelievable-vintage-medicine-ads/
http://www.toptenzpictures.com/top-10-unbelievable-vintage-medicine-ads/#commentsWed, 02 Jan 2013 19:44:22 +0000http://www.toptenzpictures.com/?p=659You only have to look a few magazine advertisements from the early 20th century or even the 60s and 70s to understand how far medicine has come so quickly. It seems ludicrous that vintage medicine ads were easily found for the throat soothing advantages of cigarettes or the stimulating body and mind effects of a soda such as Coca-Cola or 7-Up. Even pushing the cola drinks onto young children as not only a safe, but a recommended action to help your little ones.

Say what?

Of course, including actual drugs such as cocaine can be forgiven, after all, I’m sure it did work as a pain reliever. What is harder to believe is that Heroin was advertised as a main ingredient in Bayer’s product along with aspirin. Some other vintage medicine advertisements were included for the sheer comedic value they impart, such as the Vibra-Finger, Stoner Placebo Capsules and Gingervating Ginger Ale. We hope you have fun seeing how lucky you are to be in the 21st century where advertising finally speaks the truth.

Philip Morris Throat Tested Cigarette Advertisement

I hope they were testing for throat cancer; but I doubt it. The creepy kid to the right doesn’t make me want to smoke, but he does frighten me a bit.

Vibra-Finger Vintage Ad (Gum Massager)

Um, yeah. Right. Well, at least it is dentist recommend. I’m assuming these are very sexy dentists.

Stoner Placebo Capsules

Nothing helps cure you of your ailments like a placebo. I also wonder, “When are you going to get off that stuff?” Luckily, hypnotic form not required. What does that mean?

Perry Davis’ Pain Killer Vintage Ad

It is just what its name implies, A Killer of Pain. What is Morbus? Don’t worry if you have morbus, this will fix you right up as well as cramps and burns. No Chinese herbal medicine could compete with Perrry Davis’ Pain Killer.

Old Gold Cigarette Vintage Ad

I’m not sure what confuses or offends me more, the fact this vintage ad is trying to say cigarettes are a treatment for whooping cough or they have a man in black face tying to convince me. If we ever do a racist vintage ads list, this ad can do double duty there as well.

Coca-Cola Vintage Advertisement

I love Coca-Cola, most people to, but I’m a bit suspicious of Coca-cola’s motives when a nurse is trying to serve it to me and tell me it has health benefits. Delicious? Yes! Wholesome? Um, not so much.

Hall’s Wine Advertisment

I don’t know if this vintage ad is actually advertising wine as a medicine or tonic for the bloom of perfect health, but it is a lot funnier if it is.

Ginger Ale Vintage Ad

I had no idea the term Ginger was an older slang for red-heads. You learn something every day, just like you learned from this ad that ginger ale aids in digestion. Actually, this is true, if there is real ginger in the ingredients. Still, seems offensive to pale red-heads.

Dr. L. Q. C. Wishart’s Pine Tree Tar Cordial

A doctor with that many initials can’t be bad, can he? I just wish I could pronounce the product. Dyspepsia Pills? It sounds more like the disease than the cure.

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People

Just what the heck is this vintage medicine ad trying to sell? And what are gingers being singled out again? What could be in these pills to make you less pale?

Cocaine Toothache Drops

Instantaneous cure? Yeah, I’ll bet it is. And only 15 cents on the street. And do you really need to write anything after the word cocaine? I think that is your selling point.

Bayer Heroin Vintage Advertisement

Heroin, The Sedative for Coughs and a fast path for that addiction you have been wanting.

7-Up Vintage Ad

You like it…it likes you! And Mom knows that 7-Up is so pure it is good for you and all children…who want bad teeth, ADD and diabetes!

]]>http://www.toptenzpictures.com/top-10-unbelievable-vintage-medicine-ads/feed/1Scary Santa Claus Pictureshttp://www.toptenzpictures.com/scary-santa-claus-pictures/
http://www.toptenzpictures.com/scary-santa-claus-pictures/#commentsSat, 08 Dec 2012 03:16:05 +0000http://www.toptenzpictures.com/?p=603Being a kid is a tough job, but we all have to go through it. Being a kid at Christmas is kinda like your reward for getting pushed around all year and treated, well, like a kid. Presents are the best. The only catch is you have to go through Santa Claus to get them. Not so bad, right? Santa is a good guy; letting you sit on his lap, he laughs, HO, HO, HO a lot. He is a steady job, takes in homeless elves and is an all-around good guy. So Kris Kringle would have you believe. There is definitely a darker, more frightening side to Santa. In fact, I bet there is at least one photograph or picture with you crying at a scary Santa Claus. Are the memories of terror coming back? Wish you had left more gingerbread cookies and milk to appease this red and white monster? If not take a peek at this these awful lot of scary Santas. Flashbacks aren’t that jolly, are they?

Evil Lighting Santa Claus with Glasses to Find You!

Can’t you envision this scary Santa watching you from above, ready to spread some Christmas cheer by knocking you senseless.

Scary Shrunken Head Santa Wishes for His Rotund Body

So this Santa is more creepy as a headless Santa than scary, until you wonder where his his body.

Scary Black & White Santa Picture

Santa as Michael Myers from Halloween. I think Santa is far scarier. So does the crying baby.

Scary Santa Waits for You

This Santa has stolen some child’s stuffed bear and now waits alone for his next victim.

Scary Santa with (No) Soulless Eyes

Santa comes in for the attack and his eyes roll back in his head, like a doll’s eyes (Jaws reference works here.)

Terrifying Santa Claus Mask

Santa’s evil eyes are hidden until the moment he strikes with joyful glee.

Another Scary Santa Mask with Gang Tattoos

Santa show his tribal tattoos making sure everyone knows where is allegiance lies…with evil.

Horrifying Inflatable Santa

This scary Santa is filled with air and evil.

Glowing Santa is a Scary Sight

This wouldn’t be the Santa I would pick to put in a dark room. His lighting inside just makes him scarier.

Clown + Santa = Scarier Version of Each

Clowns are scary, Santa is scarier, so why put these to fear -inducing beings into one horrible nightmare creature.

]]>http://www.toptenzpictures.com/scary-santa-claus-pictures/feed/2Top 10 Funny Star Wars Christmas Cardshttp://www.toptenzpictures.com/top-10-funny-star-wars-christmas-cards/
http://www.toptenzpictures.com/top-10-funny-star-wars-christmas-cards/#commentsTue, 27 Nov 2012 01:41:02 +0000http://www.toptenzpictures.com/?p=577Christmas is here and among many other wonderful traditions such as Christmas trees, gingerbread houses, caroling and gift giving, we also send out Christmas cards. Often holiday cards are sentimental or thoughtful, but I usually like the Christmas cards that make laugh. I’m not the biggest Star Wars fan but I appreciate the affect the Star Wars’ movies have had on our pop culture. So of course it makes perfect sense that Christmas would have a splash of that galaxy far, far away and what better way to include Luke and the gang into your Christmas celebrations than by using the beloved Star Wars family created by George Lucas on your Christmas cards. Here are some of the cards I found that made me smile and chuckle…a collection of funny Star Wars Christmas cards, in no particular order. Some of the Star Wars cards can even be purchased on Etsy, so check the source link and see if you can make some Star Wars fan’s Christmas a little merrier with just a little bit of the Force.

Okay, I including 14 funny Star Wars Christmas cards, but really? Which four should I have not included. And Top 14 Funny Star Wars cards just doesn’t sound as good. Enjoy your Star Wars and your Christmas this year. Interested in more Christmas top 10 lists or Star Wars top 10 lists, then visit Toptenz.net.

There are a few things that pop up every year around the holiday or more specifically, Christmas. Besides Christmas trees, poinsettias, Christmas lights and egg nog, you’ll also find people using gingerbread as a building material, specifically for building gingerbread houses. And that is fine and good and you’ll find a few simple, yet creative gingerbread houses here, but we hope that we have also included some more unique gingerbread designs that you haven’t seen before such as a gingerbread church, a gingerbread Taj Mahal, a gingerbread treehouse or even a gingerbread home being attacked by zombies. And just for good measure we have also included a ginger bread robot, so scroll away and feel your creative juices get flowing and then head to the kitchen for your masterpiece of gingerbread construction. Send us your gingerbread house pictures so we can add them to this delicious post.

While it may seem that humans are the most violent animal on the planet, and we probably are, there is no shortage of animosity and violence in the animal kingdom. In fact, Mother Nature is Don King of the animal kingdom, promoting animals fights daily and death matches between species nightly. Some of the better photos of animals fighting animals can be found on this page. Possibly these aren’t the top 10 best photographs of animals fighting each other, but you would be hard pressed to find a better collection of animals attacking, fighting and trying to eat each other on the Web. If you do find some additional photos of animals fighting please let us know in the comments. Until then take a gander at these pictures of birds (hawks, eagles, sparrows), squirrels, rabbits, foxes, wolves, lions, tigers and bears, oh my, fighting each other, biting each other and clawing for their very lives.

Vulture Fights Off Coyote for Food

Bear vs. Tiger: Who Wants It More?

Zebra Fights Off Lion for Its Life

Wolf Fights Bear for Food

Buzzard and Wolf Go Head to Head

Two Squirrels Fight Each Other…to the Death or for Some Nuts

Rabbit vs. Rabbit: Winner Take All (the carrots)

Crocodile Fights Lion in the River

The Birds Are Not of a Feather: Hawk Fights Hawk

Fox Runs Rather Than Fight a Hawk

Birds Fight Each Other for Food

Okay, we included eleven photos of animals battling each other, but sometimes you just can’t narrow the photos down to 10. but if you do want to see more photos and find out the back story on some of the more vicious animal attacks in photography, try visiting our sister site, TopTenz.net.

I would imagine it would be hard to find any human being, much less any cartoon character without some personality or psychiatric disorder. Believe me, there is a disorder for any and every personality flaw, aberration or obsession. We may be the generation of the Cult of Personality, but we are also in the Age of Excuses and the Time of Its Not My Fault, blame my parents, therapist and anyone but me. So cherish these cartoon characters and their personality disorders. After all, they are a more colorful and harmless reflection of us and all our insecurities. But who among us would trade places with SpongeBob Squarepants? And speaking of the spongy underwater-pineapple dweller, he begins our list of top 10 cartoon psychiatric disorders, in no particular order.

SpongeBob SquarePants, Williams Syndrome

Pepe LePew, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Homer Simpson, Intermittent Explosive Disorder

He-man/Prince Adam, Dissociative Identity Disorder

Glen Quagmire, Sexual Addiction

Eeyore, Dysthymia

Dora the Explorer, Dissociative Fugue

Charlie Brown, Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD)

Calvin, Schizophrenia

Bugs Bunny, Transvestic Fetishism

Ariel, Little Mermaid, Disposophobia (Hoarding)

Okay, if you counted you would have noticed we included 11 cartoon psychiatric disorders, so you know we don’t suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), but we had so much fun we couldn’t stop ourselves. And I’m sure there is a personality disorder for that too, just don’t tell us. Want to read more about these cartoon characters and their mental disorders?

While the art form of pinup girls may be lost to the ages of time and nostalgia it is still fascinating to see the real-life models and their photographs that were used to create the pinup paintings seen across the world in a simpler time. Elvgren pin up girls may have been the most famous and most popular pinup girls of all time. We were fortunate to find some of Elvgren’s greatest pinup art and show you the inspiration for each of the these 10 pinup paintings with the beautiful lady that was the muse for each painting. These most famous pin-up girls look great in the photographs, but the paintings are even more beautiful to look at.

This top 10 picture list was inspired by this list, Top 10 Birds That Could Kick Your Ass! While our feathered friend, the seagull, made that list, this bird also appears numerous times in the photographs below. I don’t know the photographer’s name, but I appreciate his courage. You can find more pictures at the photographer’s livejournal page, virako4a. Even though the photography is crisp, the idea is what captures my imagination and let’s it…um…take flight. The birds are captured in a still-life moment, both flying and suspended in time at the same time. Different birds make for interesting subject matter and even though I don’t know the names they are beautiful in their own right, whether small or large, bright colored or dark colored. You have to love the creative mind that can go to the park for a day and come back with a portfolio of avian images that are dramatic and beautiful. Even the mundane becomes startling in the right mind’s eye.

Bird Photograph – Eating from Photographer’s Hand

Bird Soars in for a Closer Look Picture

Many Seagulls Swarm Looking for a Free Meal Photo

Colorful Bird Swoops in For Bread Photograph

Birds in Photograph Looking for Free Handout

Bird Talons Take Bread Picture

Seagull Takes Bread from Photographers Fingers Photo

Nice Picture of Seagull Coming in to Eat

This Swan Wants a Free Meal Too Photograph

Getting a Mid-Air Bread Snack from Photographer

Wonderful photographs of animals and humans interacting without violence, just good-natured begging and panhandling. I really admire these pictures and look forward to seeing more from this talented photographer.

Every artist likes their canvas at a particular size; they have a comfort level with small, medium, large and even building-sized canvases for street artists. But what happens when the artist takes their art to the world, literally! Landscape artist Andreas Amador uses a canvas that exceeds football fields in terms of size. He uses beaches, or rather than sand on the beach as his medium. His extremely large drawings and pictures feature patterns that you might easily find in a much smaller zen garden. His patterns and shapes are both geometric and organic, sometimes using the topical landscape to help him sculpt his art. While his landscape art is impressive and beautiful it is also fleeting. Rarely does his work last more than a few hours and wind and tide erase his artwork and leave him a bland canvas for his next seaside artwork. We chose his top 10 best sand paintings but you can see more on his website.

Sand Painting of Marriage Proposal

Sand Artwork Fantasy

Flowers in the Sand Art

Snow Flakes and Flowers Landscape Art

Celtic Pattern in the Sand by the Sea

Rocks Connected by Tangents in the Sand

Wavvy Waves by the Sea

Taffy Web Sand Painting Art

Stained Glass vs Chutes and Ladders Landscape Art

Sand Art Flower Patterns by Andreas Amador

This landscape art by Andres Amador is beautiful and inspiring to see, but I wonder how his art would hold up on a black sand beach, I bet fairly well. See some of the world’s best black sand beaches at Toptenz.net.